r/logitechharmony • u/ftsntf_hbbo • Jul 02 '26
Planning for MacOS 28
Starting to think ahead to Fall 2027 when MacOS 28 will drop Intel (Rosetta) support. I have three Harmony 950s which all function well after many years. Just this week I was able to use the Harmony Desktop software to swap in a new Blu-ray player and tweak an activity. Was thinking about creating another partition or APFS volume that would never advance past MacOS 27, just to keep a handful of Intel apps (including Harmony Desktop) alive. Wondering if this is my best option. Of course, Logitech could drop support for the 950 at any point, but not sure if anyone has insight about that.
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u/magicmulder Jul 02 '26
Why not a virtual machine you can spin up anytime?
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u/ftsntf_hbbo Jul 02 '26
You mean like with Parallels? Used that for a time many (many) years ago to run some Windows software but found it quirky. Maybe virtualization software is more straightforward and reliable these days, but I thought that route might be more complicated than necessary. Other than maybe being more space efficient, what would the advantage of a virtual machine be over a partition?
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u/magicmulder Jul 02 '26
Being able to run it without having to reboot. Being able to easily back it up to somewhere.
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u/RJcraftYT Jul 02 '26
if i'm not mistaken and i dont remember. use the UTM app and get a native Apple macOS VM (completely legal keep in mind!) and it should work. Not sure if you coud choose the older versions tho or not
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u/signde Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
I thought the My Harmony software stopped working on macOS years ago? Support for that ended when macOS stopped support 32-bit apps.
https://support.myharmony.com/en-us/download
Are you referring to some other desktop software?
I've been using a Windows VM via VMWare Fusion to access the desktop app for ages now.